make a mockery of

基本解释

Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be.
饥寒的小孩、受压迫遭摧残的苦命人、无助的为子女所弃的累赘老人、以及那整个充斥着孤独、贫穷、痛苦的凡尘俗世，成为人类所本该享有的生活之笑柄。
Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people —a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be.
忍饥挨饿的孩子，惨遭压迫者摧残的受害者，被儿女们视为可憎负担的无助的老人，连同这整个充满了孤独、贫穷和痛苦的世界，使人类所应有的生活成为了笑柄。
Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helopless old people a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of honeliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be.
忍饥挨饿的孩子们，遭到压迫者折磨得受苦者，成了儿辈们讨厌负担的无依无靠的老年人，以及整个寂寞、贫穷、痛苦的世界，所有这一切对于人类应过的生活是一种嘲弄。

He had this thing called the drunken assembly, which was in a way kind of a mockery of parliamentary representations where his cronies would come and just get wasted and would make all sorts of flamboyant proclamations that seemed to represent what a real parliament would do.
他有个被戏称为"酒鬼议会"的东西,这个"酒鬼议会"是对议会代表们的嘲弄,他们也会开会,但不过是浪费时间,还发表一些冠冕堂皇的声明,就好像一个真正的议会似的
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It also leads them to bring legal cases that make a mockery of individual responsibility.
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They also make a mockery of any attempt to establish a functioning Palestinian police force.
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The eight absent flower children from Dimuchong village alone make a mockery of that claim.
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